Game apparatus.



J. 6. MARK. GAMEAPPARATUS.

APPLICATION flLED FEB. 26. I916.

Patnted Jan. 16, 1917.

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To all wkom z't may concern Be it known that I, JOHN GILBERT Manx, a citizen of the United States of Amerlca,

and a resident of Niles,,county' of Berrien,

- tion is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspectivev ew show ng two of the quoit or disk throwing devices placed as they may be at opposite sides of a table with the hub or'quoit receiving device between them. Fig. 2 is a top plan of a quoit throwing device or catapult with a quoit in position thereon. Fig. 3 1s a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan of a quoit. Fig. 5 is a perspective of a modified form of hub consisting of a peg thrust through the center of a felt pad, the base of the peg being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the center peg' and the base therefor.

In the device shown in the drawings, the

quoits 1 are flat disks preferably ringshaped and of stiff non-metallic material like vulcanized fiber. The catapult comprises a base 2 of wood or other suitable material,

and a bent lever having arms 3 and 4, The lever is preferably a flat piece of spring steel disposed on the base so as to rock in a vertical plane, and is pivoted to said base by suitable means such as nails 5 passing loosely through holes in the lever.

The front end of base 2 is provided with a stop 6 shaped to engage and overhang the front edge of the quoit 1 when the latter is placed in position on the base. The quoits are preferably so proportioned that the rear edge thereof will be supported in a slightly elevated position by the heads of nails 5 when the front edge engages the stop 6. The top of stop 6- may be bent rearward to form an overhanging shoulder or hook 7 which is adapted to engage the edge of the quoit when it is lifted by the rocking of the arm 4, and suflicient clearance is allowed between the shoulder 7 and the adjacent end or shoulder of the arm 4 to enable the quoit Specification of Letters Patent.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

- Application filed February 26, 1916. Serial N6. $0,607.

to swing clear ofthe catapult when thrown thereby. I V

In the operation of the device shown the quoit or disk is placed in position on the base as shown in Fig, 3. Then after aiming 0 the catapult the operator strikes the arm 3 downwardly thereby rocking the arms upward. The shoulderlat. the end of the arm 4 bears against the under surface'of the quoitnear its front edge, andlift's it upwarduntil the shoulder 7 of the stop engages the upper surface of the quoit. Further upward movement of the arm 4 causes the quoit to swing around the shoulder 7 and to be thrown forward out of the device, turning over and over as it goes. The distance to which the quoit is thrown may be governed with great accuracy by the-force of the blow on the lever.

A hub is provided for receiving the quoits thus thrown, and comprises a center peg 8 supported by a base 11, and this may be surrounded by a plurality of walls 9 which may be ]-placed to form compartments concentrica y arranged with respect to the peg 8. Peg 8 may be thrust through a hole in a felt pad 10, said. lpad acting .as a protector so as to avoid t e scratching of a polished surface upon which the device might be placed;

When the game is played the hub may be placed in the center of a table, and if desired a number of the-quoit throwing devices placed around and at appropriate distances from the hub. The quoits are then flipped toward the goal with the object of ringing the center peg. Quoits ringing the peg or falling in the various compartments may be score according to a predetermined arrangement.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is'herein shown and described, it is to be understood that the construction shown may be altered or details omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A device .of the class described, comprising a base adapted to support a quoit in substantially horizontal disposition thereon, and upper and lower means on said base for engaging the top and bottom respectively of such quoitnear one edge thereof and at points in different vertical planes, one of said upper and lower means being 110 movable relatively to the other for simultaneously throwing and positively overturning the quoit.

2. The combination of a base adapted to 4. The combination of a horizontally disposed base adaptedto support a quoit in horizontal disposition thereon, a hooked stop mounted on one end of said base adapted to .abut and overhang the front edge of the quoit, a bent lever on saidbase disposed to rock in a vertical plane for flipping such quoit, and means for loosely pivoting said arm to said base, said means bein positioned so as to support the rear edge 0 such quoit in elevated position.

Signed at Chicago this 23d day of February 1916.

J Oi-IN G. MARK.

Witnesses:

J. MoD. STAFFORD, EUGENE A. RUMMLER. I

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